306 State Boakd of Agriculture, &c. 



GRAIN CULTQRE. 



DOES IT PAY TO RAISE COIIN IN VERMONT I 



BY WILLIAM CHILD, OF FAIRLEE. 



In (he few remarks we may offer on this question, it is 

 not with the expectation of enlightening others so much as 

 to elicit remarks from all who take an interest in the increase 

 of growth of this important field crop. 



And in whatever may be said on this subject please allow 

 me the affirmative side, lioping to provoke such discussion 

 as will show the cultivation of this grain in its proper light. 



In making my estimates, I have allowed one dollar and 

 fifty cents for each man per day, including board, and the 

 same for each yoke of oxen or span of horses ; and for boys 

 from one-half to three-fourths the amount of men's wages, 

 according to their abilit}'. 



As the quality of the manure used by us in the cultiva- 

 tion of this crop is generall}^ of the coarsest kind, we have 

 estimated its value at one dollar a load, say half a cord to 

 the load, and charged the crop with only half that value ; 

 believing succeeding crops receive full as much benefit as the 

 corn crop. 



